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Is there more to this story? It is not clear why it mattered that the employee is Jewish and seems like that could have happened to anyone else as well.

neom 6y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/15/22232766/github-employees-protest-jewish-employee-firing-warn-nazi https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/15/22232766/github-employees...
monocasa 6y ago
I think the fact that the employee is Jewish just points to the egregiousness of the decision rather than tipping the scale one way or another.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
  What specifically does it point to, though? I don't see what would have been different here if the employee were a gentile.
  - monocasa 6y ago
    You don't see why Jewish employees might be more concerned and in tune with safety considerations of the presence of literal Nazis than gentile employees? Like I was saying, the decision would have been the same either way, but it's more egregious when weaponized against a Jewish employee.
    - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
      I mean, I guess, but it just seems bizarre and unnecessary to force a racial angle on this story. I would be pretty unhappy if I were in this guy's place and reporters insisted on calling me a "Mexican employee".
      - monocasa 6y ago
        We're talking about literal Nazis here. It's not 'forcing' a racial angle when they want to round up people like the employee in question and put them in death camps based on their race. If you were warning about the presence of a group calling for a Mexican genocide to your Mexican colleagues and were fired for it, it would make sense for that to be noted in the news stories.
smt88 6y ago
I agree that it's a weird detail to include, but the alternative would be: "GitHub admits fault in firing of employee who said 'Nazi'" ...which, while true, would give people a negative impression of the employee if they only read the headline. It's also meaningful that he is Jewish and asked his coworkers to beware of Nazis because he has more reason than a non-Jewish person to be afraid of Nazis.
- _Microft 6y ago
  Makes sense, thank you!
- fcsp 6y ago
  > It's also meaningful that he is Jewish and asked his coworkers to beware of Nazis because he has more reason than a non-Jewish person to be afraid of Nazis. I wonder if that holds true in 2020 as much as it did in 1933, or if it ever held true actually

neom 6y ago

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/15/22232766/github-employees-protest-jewish-employee-firing-warn-nazi https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/15/22232766/github-employees...

monocasa 6y ago

I think the fact that the employee is Jewish just points to the egregiousness of the decision rather than tipping the scale one way or another.

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
What specifically does it point to, though? I don't see what would have been different here if the employee were a gentile.
- monocasa 6y ago
  You don't see why Jewish employees might be more concerned and in tune with safety considerations of the presence of literal Nazis than gentile employees? Like I was saying, the decision would have been the same either way, but it's more egregious when weaponized against a Jewish employee.
  - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
    I mean, I guess, but it just seems bizarre and unnecessary to force a racial angle on this story. I would be pretty unhappy if I were in this guy's place and reporters insisted on calling me a "Mexican employee".
    - monocasa 6y ago
      We're talking about literal Nazis here. It's not 'forcing' a racial angle when they want to round up people like the employee in question and put them in death camps based on their race. If you were warning about the presence of a group calling for a Mexican genocide to your Mexican colleagues and were fired for it, it would make sense for that to be noted in the news stories.

smt88 6y ago

I agree that it's a weird detail to include, but the alternative would be: "GitHub admits fault in firing of employee who said 'Nazi'" ...which, while true, would give people a negative impression of the employee if they only read the headline. It's also meaningful that he is Jewish and asked his coworkers to beware of Nazis because he has more reason than a non-Jewish person to be afraid of Nazis.

_Microft 6y ago
Makes sense, thank you!
fcsp 6y ago
> It's also meaningful that he is Jewish and asked his coworkers to beware of Nazis because he has more reason than a non-Jewish person to be afraid of Nazis. I wonder if that holds true in 2020 as much as it did in 1933, or if it ever held true actually